Indeed, those who dislike teachers' unions (and unions in general) are quite quick to blame those unions for all the woes of modern education. I'm sure it is po

Indeed, those who dislike teachers' unions (and unions in general) are quite quick to blame those unions for all the woes of modern education. I'm sure it is possible that they have downsides, but I wonder what the small government, free-market solutions for better education are? I was listening some conservative podcast talk about how teachers and unions need to be punished for these failures, but that just doesn't feel like the kind of thing that fosters a nurturing environment for learning. Certainly the for-profit colleges are seen as a scam rather than being held in good regard.